Roland “Red Goo” Key-Weight Repair: How to Clean and Replace

A customer recently brought in a Roland EP‑9 with several sticking keys. The culprit was the notorious red adhesive (affectionately known as the “Roland red glue of death,” or simply “red goo”) that Roland used to secure the key weights in a number of 1990s keybeds. Over time, it can liquefy and migrate, jamming keys … Read more